Gold. Silver. Platinum. Palladium. Precious metals mined from the bowels of the earth, refined andvalued for their unique characteristics. Since the beginning of civilization itself,humanity has long held an obsession with what is known colloquially as “bling.” Nowadays rather than adorning ourselves with beads and seashells,we’ve turned to precious metal. If one thing’s fo...Read More

Our research team believes the recent downward price activity in Gold and Silver are indicative of past price patterns we saw in Gold over the 2007 to 2012 rally.  Throughout almost every rally in precious metals (Gold), there have been a number of moderate to serious price corrections taking place within that extended rally.  The current downside move is moderately small compared to his...Read More

Chinese steel company Hebei Jingye Group will complete the acquisition of British Steel on Monday March 9, the UK steel trade union Community said on Tuesday March 3.The deal is expected to be done at ?50 million ($55.51 million), the union said."We look forward to working with Jingye as they bring forward the ?1.2...Read More

Brazil's iron ore exports plunged year on year in February, while heavy rains in the southeastern region adversely affected production and transportation, higher average prices also partly offset the drop, the country's ministry of economy said on Monday March 2.Iron ore shipments from Brazil totaled 22.1 million tonnes over February, falling by 23.6% in comparison with 28.93 million tonnes in Feb...Read More

Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. "He will lose the election, that's for sure...Ford lost to Carter after the 1973 oil shock, Carter lost to Reagan due to the second oil crisis in 1979, and Bush lost to Clinton after the Kuwait invasion. The Democratic field is poor, but Trump is dead." - Legendary economist Nouriel Roubini, March 2, 2020.2. Corona is the kind of crisis...Read More

StrengthsThe best performing metal this week was gold, down 3.51 percent. As of Wednesday, gold-backed ETFs saw 25 consecutive days of inflows and rose to the highest level ever of 2,624.7 tons. Bloomberg reports that after rising 18 percent last year, gold extended its rally into 2020. Turkey's gold reserves rose $1.1 billion from the previous week to now total $29.7 billion as of February 21...Read More

By Ira EpsteinGold update, key technical supports and what to come from the corona virus:Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 3 that are worth another look.Chinese steel company Hebei Jingye Group will complete the acquisition of British Steel on Monday March 9, the UK steel trade union Community said on March 3.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose at the end of February, having stalled in the previous week.Brazil's iron o...Read More

The US Midwest aluminium premium fell in the week ended Tuesday March 3 to its lowest since February 2018, but other global premiums remained well supported by the contango in nearby spreads on the London Metal Exchange.Canadian rail situation resolvedEyes on April-May spreads in RotterdamMJP second-quarter negotiations begin.US Midwest premium at 2-year lowIn the United States, the Midwest alumin...Read More

A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday March 3.Click on...Read More

Germanium demand has surged thanks to its use in infrared thermometers for fever screening which have been installed at airports, railway stations, long-distance bus stations and ferry terminals across China as part of measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).Infrared optics, including heat detectors, account for about 30% of total demand for germanium, according to data...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday March 3 that are worth another look.Chinese steel company Hebei Jingye Group will complete the acquisition of British Steel on Monday March 9, the UK steel trade union Community said on March 3.Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) rose at the end of February, having stalled in the previous week.Brazil's iron o...Read More

Silver has already proven its capacity to surprise to the upside...by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.chGold has been making headlines in recent days, as its price skyrocketed close to $1,700, a rise that most analysts have attributed to the spread of the coronavirus. The fears over its economic impact have sent global stock markets tumbling and, as is usually and reliably the case, panicked invest...Read More

Open interest, however, still represents 143% of annual global silver production. Harvey explains in today's update...by Harvey Organ of Harvey Organ BlogMARCH 2/GOLD REBOUNDS 27.00 DOLLARS UP TO $1595.30//SILVER UP 18 CENTS TO $16.77//MASSIVE 23,000 GOLD ISSUANCE OF EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICALS IN AN OBVIOUS FRAUD/HUGE GAIN ON THE DOW OF 1200 POINTS DUE TO PROBABLE RATE CUT//CORONAVIRUS STORIES//SWAMP...Read More

The big news this week was the drop in the prices of the metals...by Keith Weiner of Monetary-MetalsThe big news this week was the drop in the prices of the metals (though we believe that it is the dollar which is going up), $57 and $1.81 respectively.Of course, when the price drops the injured goldbugs come out. We have written the authoritative debunking of the gold and silver price suppressio...Read More

Interest rate cuts, introduced to stimulate global economies amid the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), have instead compounded market trepidation and are weighing heavily on London Metal Exchange base metals prices, which broadly closed down on Tuesday March 3. The United States Federal Reserve slashed its interest rate by 50 basis points to 0.5% on Tuesday, and while the uns...Read More

China's rebar prices bounced back on Tuesday March 3 in both the domestic and export markets amid optimism for a strengthening of demand in the local market.Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,400-3,440 yuan ($488-494) per tonne, up 40-50 yuan per tonne Northern China (Beijing): 3,300-3,330 yuan per tonne, up 40 yuan per tonneRebar futures had a bullish start to the day, rising to as high as 3,466 yuan pe...Read More

The London Metal Exchange three-month copper price was little moved during morning trading on Tuesday March 3, with a fresh cancelation of some 17,200 tonnes redundant to price action, while zinc continued its downturn. Copper's outright price on the LME was recently at $5,735 per tonne. Turnover was high in copper over the morning - at just under 7,000 lots - as of 9:15am London time. This m...Read More

Spot-market activity during the first month of Fastmarkets' daily monitoring of cobalt prices has been slow because of the consequences of the outbreak of the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, and followed small gains in prices during trading in January.Price movesMetals prices, for both standard and alloy-grade cobalt, continued to climb, albeit incrementally. Buyers were making frequent inquiries, with the...Read More

Ferrous scrap prices in Mexico edged down for five grades, while five other grades were stable, amid adjustments applied by some buyers in the week ended Friday February 28.At least one buyer in Mexico was heard applying a 200-pesos ($10.18) price cut late last week, because of a comfortable level of inventories, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly assessment for steel scrap No1 heavy mel...Read More